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Many thanks Jason That's a great help.

Hi I just purchased a Kemilway PT1 pony truck brass etch off eBay. It came with no instructions. I've seen various references to pdfs of Kemilway instructions but have not actually found any! Being new to etched brass I'm hoping somebody will have the instructions or can point me to where I can download the relevant pdf....

Thank you Johnster (or should I say Hamlet) and frobisher. If only this chassis was like some others I have bought (J83 etc - but probably same) on which you could just unplug the chip and plug in a blanking plate! I'll look up the Wills bodyline/ Southeastern models options - 'cos it ain't going to cause me a loss of sleep - I just like making the things! To be fair to Johnnster he did say TTBOMK - which I think is internet slang for "Initialism to the best of my knowledge", indicating uncertainty in spite of having some knowledge on the subject. Returning to the "what wires to I connect together?" question , the wires shown in the picture I submitted connect like this: * white, purple, green and yellow : don't connect to anything : they are just cut off under the grey tape * grey wire comes from the bottom of the motor where it looks like its connected to the chassis (and presumabley from there to the lower motor feed)? * red wire is connected to the wheel pickups on the left side of the chassis * orange wire is connected to the top of the motor (presumably to the top motor feed *black wire, strangely, is connected to the wheel pickups on the right of the chassis - but not to anything else as it just ends in space! From that I am thinking that, perhaps, my original thought of grey to black and red to orange was correct?

Hi All Some time ago I bought off eBay a second hand red Hornby LMS Jinty 0-6-0T No.7414 - sold as taken from the Hornby Night Mail set and with the statement that it was DCC fitted with a chip that would, however, function on non-DCC track. I double checked and it seemed that the latest DCC as fitted to this model, would run DCC or analogue. The loco will run on my non-DCC rails - but only slowly and with much power on the controller. I attach a picture of the chip that is hard wired into the loco. 1) Can someone confirm that the chip is DCC (or that it is not)? 2) I propose to cut the chip off and reconnect the wiring without it. I think it will be grey to black and orange to red. Is that correct? 3) Can anybody suggest a kit, resin or 3D printed body that will fit on this chassis (I already have a Midland 2441, GW 97XX, Southern E2 and LNER N7)?

Hi Can anyone help me locate the place where the attached photograph was taken? Judging by the other photos with it, it is of an Irish WT 2-6-4T. Probably No.4. The date is 10/6/78 but the caption is not readable. See scans of front and rear of the photo.

Hi Does anyone know if/ how you can remove the weight from the boiler of the Bachmann N class 2-6-0? I have separated the boiler and cab etc from the footplate and the cylindrical weight in the boiler seems loose but I cannot see any way to get it out. (Another email string had the throw-away comment "can't be removed.")

Thanks Guys. Magnificent response!

Hi All Please see my photo of what looks like a pretty powerful German loco. The photo is marked "Cologne" on the rear BUT what is the loco/ class?

Hi All Please see my photo of 14XX 0-4-2T on a two coach train approaching a junction. It must be somewhere out west as the loco was shedded Taunton and Exeter for much of its later life (and now sits in Tiverton Museum as "The Tivvy Bumper".. BUT what is the location in the pic?

Thanks Guys. That's most helpful. Mike: it will move on DC but very sluggish. In any event, sometime ago I asked Hornby what the phrase "DCC fitted, analogue compatible" meant. They said "You cannot use a digital locomotive on analogue track and vice versa. The model you have mentioned is now 18 years old and as such if it has been fitted with DCC it will have been hardwired, but if this has been done it will not be compatible with analogue".

Hi All I just bought the Hornby (I think Railroad) Jinty in LMS red running number 7414. I think its R1144 taken from a freight set. Having googled the thing before I bought it second hand I was expecting it to be analogue (or at worst the standard 4 pin decoder that I could easlily replace with the standard 4 pin blanking plate. Having taken the body off it seems that it is wired to a DCC decoder - and not via the 4 pin connectors I had expected. Possibly someone else has done this to convert from analogue to DCC (as there is a lot of insulating tape wrapped round things). I want to convert it to analogue running but need a bit of advice re the connections. I attach two photos of the wiring. It seems to me that the red and the black wires are connected directly to the pick ups (one for each side - one being live and the other the return side) and the body / motor is directly connected to the grey and the orange wires. (The green, yellow, white and purple wires do nowhere). If it just picked up on one side I could easily work out what to connect to what but the way it is I'm not at all sure! So the question is: which wires should I connect to convert to analogue running? Help!

Hi All. I know there's always much debate about whether DCC fitted locos can/ should be run on analogue but the general opinion is that its best not to run a DCC fitted loco on analogue. Even those who say you can do so add provisos about the type of controller, Relco, pulse etc. But, having noticed that DCC fitted locos often cost less (on eBay etc) than straightforward analogue, I have begun to notice locos advertised as "DCC fitted, analogue compatible". Hattons have advised me that "in some cases, some models are completely fine to run on both as long as it says DCC fitted analogue compatible, it should run perfectly on both". Is that correct, and if so how does it work? I run DC using an old controller built for me by a long-gone friend. It is NOT feedback but does do inertia.

for a cheap and simple conversion the Golden Arrow Models resin bodies for Q and its tender are designed to fit on the Hornby 4F (and work for both the old tender d rive and the more modern loco drive. See my effort attached.

Hi All Having successfully completed Golden Arrow Models resin bodied 01 and Q kits I am now considering their LT&S 4-4-2T which I see sits on the Hornby Railroad County 4-4-0. This is an engine driven model but with the DCC blank etc in the tender body connected via a four wire strap. The tender will have to be disconnected from the loco and the wires re-connected to make the electrical c ircuit necessary to make the motor run. I have previously converted a Hornby J15 chassis (in which the loco was wired to the tender in the same way) to provide the power for a Southern R1 tank so I have disconnected this type of thing successfully before. But I'm wondering if any of you have any advice/ diagrams etc to guide the disconnection?

Thanks guys. Much appreciated!

Hi All I'm looking for help in identifying the Irish coaches shown in the attached photo (what they are and where they are). The back of the photo is marked "BA", "14/8/76" and "13/128". I'm presuming BA is the location? Also that 13/ 128 may be the coach numbers?

As always DEEPLY impressed by you guys. Many many thanks to you all. Yes the loco in pic No.7 is definitely No.12 Alexandra (now that I know that I can make out the name)! Alexandra is also the front loco in pic 9 - and I'm pretty sure that the one on the extreme right in pic No.9 is David. Thanks for the location. I've been to Carnforth recently but only viewed the West Coast depot from the station platform. I would not have recognised the site. Great stuff re the MSWJR No. 24.

Hi All Three more mysteries from my stash. Pics Nos. 7 & 9 are of the same red-liveried 0-4-0ST. No.12 clearly visible but cannot make out the name. Plainly at some sort of GWR oriented open day. Peckett? BUT: What is it? Where is it? When was it? Photo No.11 is of a nicely proportioned 2-6-0. No.24 clearly visible on GWR type cabside number plate (and also GWR type safety valve casing) but I cannot find it. Could be Irish or M&GN? AGAIN: What is it? Where is it? When was it?

Hi I currently have a couple of projects underway: the Golden Arrow SR 'Q' 0-6-0 and an LNER 6 wheel carriage. (I know I can get both Hattons and Hornby ready to run 6 wheelers - but my current pleasure is making my own). I can get the carriage roof and vent parts easily enough from the MJT range from Dart castings. However what I'm really stumped on is getting a Bullied large diameter chimney for the Q (as most of the Qs I saw did not have the small original chimney as per the Golden Arrow body (indeed I think the whole class finished up with either the large diameter job or the standard BR class 4 or 5 slightly longer chimney). What is aggravating me is that I can get the BR class 4/5 chimney from 247 developments (that would c ertainly do for 30543) but not the coach parts (and the coach parts from Dart Castings but not the chimneys)! SO: (1) does anybody know where I can get a large diameter Bullied chimney in 00 scale? (2) does anybody know where I can can get all I want (i.e. BR class 4/5 chimmney + LNER carriage roof and vents) from a single supplier?

Hi SZ That's great. Many thanks

Hi All Can anybody pin down the location (and possible the duty) of the attached pic of Irish NCC class WT 2-6-4T No.4? The info on the back of the photo indicates that it was taken 8/3/70 and either "PJC" or maybe "PTC" or "P?C" written.

Thank you so much to all responders. Everything I wanted to know! There's a lot more interest in both photos than would appear at first glance. I'm sure the loco is No 186 - probably on an RPSI railtour.

Hi All Two more photos from my collection that I would appreciate some facts for: Photo 6: while quite a lot of the photos in the job lot I bought are Austria (and this one may be) it looks German narrow gauge to me (loco has a sort of Hartz feel)? Photo 7: at first glance I thought this was GWR - but a closer look maybe Irish. There's a number on the front buffer beam which even at 1200 dpi scan I cannot discern. But it should be easy for you buffs as I've also scanned the notes on the back of the photo. Plainly "New tunnel south of ?????? 23/5/70 186." But I cannot read the location! If it is locomotive 186 (which it looks like it could be) then its a Sharp Stewart J15 of 1879 origin from the Great Southern Railway - preserved by the RPSI at Whitehead. Can anybody help me with detail on these photos?

Thanks to all responders. We're really getting somewhere. No 7 really sorted! No 9 probably. Re: 8 I wonder if its the same place as the pic now attached - which I think is Northern Ireland (LMS/ NCC)? Nothing yet on No.11: the Brit

Following Butler Henderson's link to Monk Bar Models I bought the Hornby B2 at their sale price. Ordered yesterday. Came today! Fantastic service. Now got to get the Italia body kit from Hardies. Looks good value for money - even including crew. Like the comment I r ead on another string: "Wish he'd get a hobby and stop spending all that time on model railways"! (I've just been accused of being "obsessed" by the household authority).